Senior Software Development Engineer, Workday

UI Platform, US Federal

$153.6-230.4k

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Java

Jenkins

Senior and Expert level

Denver

More information about location

Office located in Boulder, CO

Enterprise management cloud platform

Be an early applicant

Enterprise management cloud platform

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

$153.6-230.4k

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Java

Jenkins

Senior and Expert level

Denver

More information about location

Office located in Boulder, CO

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Company mission

To provide an all-in-one management cloud solution for the rapidly changing business requirements of the modern world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Due to federal government security requirements, any Workday personnel working this role must be a United States citizen (naturalized or native)
7+ years of experience building and maintaining software systems in a production environment
5+ years of experience with Java, Python, or Typescript
Experience designing scalable backend services or frameworks used by other engineers
Hands-on experience with service monitoring, observability tools, and incident response
Ability to drive consensus on architectural decisions across diverse collaborators

Desirable

Experience with distributed systems and microservice architecture
Experience working in a platform team or building internal developer tools
Familiarity with frontend architecture and how UI and backend services intersect
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Docker, or Kubernetes
A passion for improving developer experience and reducing toil
Strong communication skills and experience working across teams and functions

What the job involves

Our mission is to empower product developers to build fast, scalable, and resilient user experiences. We do this by designing and maintaining the foundational services, libraries, and frameworks used across our entire product surface.
As part of the UI Platform department, our team owns essential backend services and developer tooling, while also partnering closely with other engineering teams to drive service health, observability, and scalability improvements
As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you’ll be at the intersection of platform and product
You’ll help build scalable services and frameworks that power the UI experience, and you’ll work alongside other platform teams to improve reliability and service health
You’ll collaborate closely with other teams to define standards, guide architectural choices, and contribute your expertise on building resilient, high-performing systems
This role is a mix of hands-on development, technical leadership, and cross-team collaboration

Application process

End Date: August 25, 2025

Our take

Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.

Workday has acquired and paired up with many other companies to keep expanding its offering. In 2021, it purchased the employee feedback platform Peakon in response to the growing need for managers to be able to survey workers and collect satisfaction data without face-to-face meetings. The company has also bought and developed many financial tools and HR management tools.

The company’s goal is to provide end-to-end back office services and while there are other providers, such as UKG Pro and Ceridian HCM, Workday’s broad offering helps them to stand out. Though it faced a tough global market in 2023 and has shed some of its headcount, Workday has seen a 6.5% gain in value in the first quarter of 2024. It is now focusing on growth and developing the AI capabilities of its platform. .

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Insights

Top investors

16% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Oct 2011

$85m

SERIES F

Apr 2009

$75m

SERIES E

Total funding: $215.3m

Company benefits

Company equity
Vision and dental insurance
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance
Virtual primary care
Flexible time-off policy
Global mental health resources
Global dedicated on-site clinical counselors
Global well-being days
$25k fertility/family planning benefits
North Star financial wellness
Retirement funds and matching
401k plan
On-site health clinic (Pleasanton office)

Company HQ

Pleasanton, CA

Leadership

Aneel Bhusri

(CEO)

Worked for Morgan Stanley for 3 years and took a Stanford MBA, before spending almost 6 years at Oracle as SVP. Co-founded Workday in 2005 while working as a Greylock Advisory Partner.

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